Library gateway
From this page you can:
- access online resources available on Library PCs
- access online subscriptions from your home PC
- visit websites which we hope you will find useful
- select a search engine
- make an enquiry
Enquire - the national 24/7 enquiry service.
Ask a question and your enquiry will be answered by a Librarian that is on duty from anywhere in the country. And when UK libraries are closed your enquiry will be answered by a Librarian in the USA.
Why not give it a go?
Online
resources - available in libraries
These recommended sites are available for you to use on library PCs:
- Ancestry
Family history resource. - available in all libraries and at the archives office - Encyclopedia Britannica
junior (5 - 11)
student (12 - 18)
general (all ages) - Oxford Reference Online - a collection of 240 reference titles
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - 50,000 biographies
- Oxford English Dictionary
- Oxford Music Online
- Oxford Art Online
- Kompass - online business directory
- Newsbank - a collection of newspapers from the UK.
Online resources - how to access them from your own PC
To search Oxford Reference Online (ORO)
- click on the ORO link
- in the box for library card login type D and the first 8 digits from your library card
- click on Login or Go
To search Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (ODNB)
- click on the ODNB link
- in the top right hand corner click on subscribers enter here
- type D and the first 8 digits from your library card
To search the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) online
- click on the OED link
- click on the enter OED online icon
To search Oxford dictionaries of music or art online
- click on the Oxford music link or click on the Oxford art link
- go to the library barcode user login
- type D and the first 8 digits from your library card
To search Kompass
- click on the Kompass link
- in the login box type D and the first 8 digits from your library card
- click on Go
To search Encyclopedia Britannica online
- click on one of the following links
- junior (5-11)
- student (12-18)
- general (all ages)
If you experience any problems using these resources please contact us:
e-mail: Moira Pritchard
Useful links
Search engines:
Ask Jeeves: www.askjeeves.com
Google: www.google.co.uk
Yahoo UK & Ireland: www.yahoo.co.uk.
More search engines.
